Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Welcome to Finecast Month (warning may contain unhealthy levels of sarcasm and cynacism)


Well I've kicked things off this month with a brief review of some of the Citadel Finecast mini's ( Gandalf , Terminator Librarian , and Dwarf Gyrocopter if my sanity holds up) and also a tongue firmly in cheek guide to working with Finecast, although it did contain useful hints. However since the Games Workshop invented Finecast I've noticed many other companies have mercilessly ripped them off and stolen their ideas and technology... yes other people are using Finecast and calling it RESIN, the scoundrels!

To add further insult to injury though some of these beggars have had the audacity to invent time machines to nick off with the Games Workshops latest invention and use it before them...in the past!!! Doc and Marty McFly have a hell of a lot to answer for. Sales of DeLoreans must have shot through the roof, Great Scott!!! Even Games Workshops own stablemate Forge World have got in on the act. The BASTARDS!!!

There is however further terrible news for the Games Workshop though and its here where I really feel for them. You see some of these companies weren't just content to steal their technology, oh no, they've also had the gall and temerity to implement Finecast in better ways, producing either finer miniatures or cheaper products, leaving the Games Workshops own product metaphorically speaking between a rock and a hard place (and given how delicate their crap is that's not good), neither cheap enough to be cost effective nor good enough to be considered a truly premium product. The culprits in no particular order are:

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